“Blonde” director Andrew Dominik is addressing backlash in opposition to the Netflix film.
The filmmaker mentioned his controversial Marilyn Monroe biopic throughout an look at Purple Sea Worldwide Movie Pageant in Saudi Arabia over the weekend, in line with The Hollywood Reporter.
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Speaking about how American audiences reacted to the movie, Dominik stated, “They hated the film!”
He continued, “Now we’re residing in a time the place it’s vital to current ladies as empowered, they usually need to reinvent Marilyn Monroe as an empowered girl. That’s what they need to see. And when you’re not displaying them that, it upsets them. Which is form of unusual, as a result of she’s lifeless. The film doesn’t make any distinction in a method or one other.”
The movie, which stars Ana de Armas, consists of scenes through which Monroe undergoes a graphic abortion and is compelled to carry out oral intercourse on President John F. Kennedy.
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Discussing accusations that “Blonde” exploited Monroe’s trauma, Dominik stated, “What they actually imply is that the movie exploited their reminiscence of her, their picture of her, which is honest sufficient. However that’s the entire concept of the film. It’s making an attempt to take the iconography of her life and put it into service of one thing else, it’s making an attempt to take issues that you simply’re accustomed to, and turning the that means inside out. However that’s what they don’t need to see.”
He added that rising up within the ’80s was a time when “offend[ing] your viewers was a solemn obligation, to wrench them out of a complacency about issues,” and that he was “actually happy” that “Blonde” had “outraged so many individuals.”